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10030developer.* (DeveloperDotStar.com) is an independent magazine and community for software development professionals. developer.* Magazine features high quality original articles, essays, interviews, and book reviews, published in a traditional magazine format (only without all the paper) with a focus on a wide variety of topics of interest to software developers and other software professionals. And don't miss developer.* Blogs.Interface Oriented Design Book Excerpt: Inheritance and Interfaces (Chapter 5) By Ken Pugh Tue, 12 Sep 2006 09:51:31 -0500Software DevelopmentSoftware EngineeringSoftware DesignSoftware DevelopmentProgrammingComputers/Programming/Magazines and E-zineshttp://www.developerdotstar.com/mag/articles/pugh_interface_oriented.html
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mean to be a professional programmer? What does it mean to be a professional anything? Some definitions simply say to be a professional is "to make money from a skill," but true professionals also have a set of qualities often described as "professionalism." In my opinion, these qualities are...Click here for the full article.]]>Best Practices for Object/Relational Mapping and Persistence APIs By Mario Van Damme Sat, 01 Apr 2006 10:47:57 -0500Software DevelopmentSoftware EngineeringSoftware DesignSoftware DevelopmentProgrammingComputers/Programming/Magazines and E-zineshttp://www.developerdotstar.com/mag/articles/o-r_mapping_persistence.html
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Systems and Software series, in which we explore the topics of general systems thinking and cybernetics to discover how "systems" concepts can help software professionals in the day-to-day work of creating, deploying, and improving software.Click here for the full article.]]>Integrity Testing for Software Professionals By Donna L. Davis Mon, 22 Aug 2005 10:54:55 -0500Software DevelopmentSoftware EngineeringSoftware DesignSoftware DevelopmentProgrammingComputers/Programming/Magazines and E-zineshttp://www.developerdotstar.com/mag/articles/davis_integrity.html
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